8.1 Decreasing
reservation with support of poor SC, ST, OBCs
8.2 Details
of proposed Economic-Choice System
8.3 Why above
proposed law-draft will get YESes from poor SC, ST, OBCs
I
have proposed a GN-draft that would reduce reservation with YESes of poor SC,
ST and OBCs. The system I have proposed is what I call as Economic Choice
System.
1. Any member of a
sub-caste that belongs to ST, SC or OBC can walk to Tahsildar’s office, undergo
verification and apply for economic-choice,
where in
° he will still retain
his SC, ST, OBC status
° he will receive
inflation adjusted Rs 600 per year, till he cancels economic-choice
° as long as he gets
this payment, he cannot apply in reserved quota.
° he will be eligible
for reservation the day he cancels his economic-choice
° number of reserved
seats will decrease as more and more take economic choice
° the money shall come
from tax on all lands and nowhere else.
2. Example : Say India has 100 cr
of population of which 14% i.e. 14 cr are SC. So if a college has 1000 seats of
then 140 are reserved . Now suppose out of these 14 cr
SCs, say 6 cr insist on economic-choice then each shall get payment of Rs 600
per year and reservation for SC will go down by 14*6/14 = 6% i.e. will become 8% from 14%.
3. If a person has opted
for economic-choice and then changes to social-choice, he will be entitled for
CBR benefits on that day. But if he reverts back to economic choice, he shall
get Rs 600/yr payment after 6 months
4. If a person is Dalit,
OBC has opted for economic-choice, he can still obtain seat on quota, but shall
become eligible after he cancels economic-choice
5. If a person has taken
seat on SC/ST or OBC quota, he will not be eligible for economic-choice
6. If both parents have
opted for economic-choice, their children below 18 years shall get Rs 600/year
for at most (2 sons) or (2 sons, 1 daughter).
Because
over 80% of poor SC, ST and OBC cant even clear 12th
class and reservation has no meaning for them. A family of 5 will get Rs 3000
year if they accept economic choice and have nothing to lose. With over 80%
SC, ST and OBCs opting for economic choice – the quota will decrease to less
than 10%. Now in merit list, we anyway have 10% SC, ST and OBCs. Hence
effective reservation becomes near zero. Therefore once TCP is signed and
once affidavit demanding Economic Choice is submitted, over 80% SC, STs and
OBCs will register YES.
As on Jan-2010, India’s population is 116 cr of which about 79 cr is SC, ST and OBCs. Even if all were to take Economic Choice i.e. Rs 600 per year, the cost will be below Rs 48000 cr i.e. below 1% of GDP. In my proposal, this money is to be collected by wealth tax only. More details are in chap-36 of http://rahulmehta.com/301.htm